Vegas daily - March 27th

I woke up at 10am and tried to extend my stay at the Luxor but they would not give me a good rate for another night (something about not playing their slots while I was there), so I instead tried to get a late checkout. Then I toyed with the idea of driving back to CA in my tired state but I talked to Ami and she convinced me to stay a few more days and win some money off the weekend tourists, So I farted around phoning hotels and finally got a comp stay at NYNY for 3 more nights (Fri,Sat,Sun) under their Friends and Family offer.

Good Job. Now to pack and move hotels. Initially NYNY put me in a really bad room with terrible views and noise but they kindly gave me a room change so now I am on the 21st floor overlooking th strip. Unpacked and had a nap to 5.30pm to make up for last night. 

Now NYNY does not have a poker room but I have heard good things about the 7pm tournament at the Sahara so I decided  play there tonight. I bought in for $70 and played a cash $1/$2NL game while I waited. I only played for about 20 minutes but left with a $90 profit so I was frerolling in the tournament. I played well and was chipping up nicely when I really aggressive player was moved to the left of me. He was raising and 3 betting preflop and we had a couple of small battles that I got the better of when this hand came up. I am on the button with QJs and he is small blind. I preflop raise to 3000 and he min-raises to 5000 so I call. The flop is 6dQcJh - nice!! I check it because he is so aggressive.  I want him to bet and he does, firing out 8000. I think for a bit and then push all in for another 15000 or so. He calls instantly and shows QQ - the Q on the flop was the case Q. Obviously I could not put him on QQ - I had thought he had AA, KK, AK or maybe 66,  KQ, AQ or even the same hand as me. Well I was wrong and did not get runner runner JJ so that was that. I was quite disappointed.

I then played limit and N cash games which seemed pretty soft - a number of tight and/or drunk players combine with aggressive players who balked at any 3bets meant I won money in each session. I started my day with $750 and ended it with $1200.

After a taxi back to the NYNY I again am hitting the sack at 5.40am - seems I just cant get away from these late nights. At least I can sleep in tomorrow without worrying about the hotel room or a long drive back to CA.